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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN M. PARKS, of St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis, and State of Missouri, have made certain new and useful Improvements' in Churn-.Dashez-s; andI do hereby declare that thefollowing is a. full and clear description thereof, referencel being hadito the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of .reference marked thereon.

The object of this invention is to construct a churn-dasherinsuch a manner as to introduce a large amount of atmospheric air into the milk that is being cburned, and at A the same time to vso arrange the flanges ofthe dasher asjto agtateithe milk in a very violent manner. To accomplish this result, I employ4 a hollow or tubular handle for the dasher,'and place an air-valve at the bottom end of the said tube. There are double dashers to be usedin connection with this tubular-handle. The object in placing the valve at the bottom of the tube, instead of at the top, as it is in most other dashers having valves, isto bring the valve directly into contact withthe milk in the churn, instead of allowing the milk to passup into the dasher-handle at every stroke of the same, as it otherwiseiwould do, thereby impeding the churning-operation by preventing the owoi' air through the dasher.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my improved .churn-dasher, I will proceed to 'describe its construction and operation. I 1

Figure 1 of' the-drawings is a sectional elevation of' one of the improved dashers.

Figure 2 is a bottcrmplan of the-same.

The handleA is to bepmade hollow, andit may bev made of wood or. metal, but I prefer sheet metal, as

being lighter and better adapted to the purpose. To the bottom end of this handle are to be secured two disksA or dashers, B B. These dashers are to be dish-shaped, and perforated with holes, b, for the better agitation of' the milk-globules. The 'lower disk B is to be secured to the handle, at or near its bottom end, and the disk B a short distance, 4say'one or two inches, above it. These disks may be strengthened in theirv connection with each other, 'and with, the handle, by means of the cylindrical piece@ and the conical brace a. A valve, C, is to be placed in the bottom end of the tube A, and arrangedto open downward, so as to admit air into the milk from above, but to close soas to' prevent the milk from flowing up into the tube. spring, 0,-below the valve,

forces it home upon its seat, which is inan enlarged chamber, in the'bottom end of the tube, the said chamber.

being formed by the enlarged annularliwell, a2, which forms the bottom end ofthe tube A. By placing the valve C 'at the bottom-ofthe tube, and combining therewith-two d ashers, B B, the milk-will be ehurned very quickly,

and its butter very thoronghlyextracted.

Having described my invention', what I claim, is A The handle A, when combined with the two dashers B B and the valve C, as described and shorvn. In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand, inpresence ofy BENJ. M. PARKS Witnesses:

M. RANDOLPH, PAULI. 

